The flats - named after Huddersfield sports heroes Derek Ibbotson and Anita Lonsbrough - will be demolished piece by piece, with controlled explosions ruled out of the equation because of the busy roads and services such as gas and water across the site.

Kirklees Council plans to market the site for possible redevelopment once it has been levelled.

Over at the University campus, the Oastler building is to be named after local reformer Richard Oastler.

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The £27.5m building will be home to hundreds of staff and students at the law school and part of the school of music, humanities and media.